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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide |
| Synonyms: | part, partition, redivide, separate, split |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break, disconnect |
| Synonyms: | articulate, break up, cleave, come apart, detach, dichotomize, disjoin, dismantle, dissever, disunite, divide, factor, itemize, particularize, partition, portion, rend, section, segment, separate, sever, slice, split, strip, subdivide, sunder, tear |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | connect, join |
| Main Entry: | partition |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide, separate |
| Synonyms: | apportion, cut, cut in, cut into, cut up, deal, disburse, dispense, disperse, distribute, divvy up, dole out, fence off, measure out, parcel out, portion, screen, section, segment, separate, share, size into, slice, split, split up, subdivide, wall off |
| Antonyms: | attach, combine, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | slice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut into portions, shares |
| Synonyms: | carve, chiv, cleave, dissect, dissever, divide, gash, hack, incise, pierce, segment, sever, shave, shred, slash, slit, split, strip, subdivide, sunder |
| Antonyms: | combine, unite |
| Main Entry: | ramify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | branch |
| Synonyms: | add to, bifurcate, branch out, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, separate, spread, subdivide |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Part. |
| Category: | 4. CONCRETE QUANTITY |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel., piece, lump, bit, cut, cutting; chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale; lamina; small part; morsel, particle (smallness); installment, dividend; share (allotment)., debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus; excerpta; member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig; runner; leaf, leaflet; stump; component part; sarmentum., compartment; department (class); county (region).
-adjectives
fractional, fragmentary; sectional, aliquot; divided; in compartments, multifid; disconnected; partial.
-adverbs
partly, in part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop; in detail, in lots.
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| Antonyms: | whole |
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